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The Role of Estrogen in Mammary Carcinogenesis<sup>a</sup>
1 Sept 1995
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The in vivo and in vitro studies conducted to examine whether E2 functions as an initiator or a promoter in mammary carcinogenesis can be summarized as follows: (1) Clinical and animal studies in vivo have shown a positive correlation of up-regulation of E2 C16 alpha-hydroxylation with either the presence of or the risk for breast cancer, suggesting that this metabolic alteration may represent an early-occurring...
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